July 30, 2008

No thanks to this book, I am now in dire need of an acne cream.  I read it last Sunday and didn’t go to sleep until I finished it at 4am (Monday).  I am no book critic, but I will boldly declare that I enjoyed this book immensely.  It was just hilarious!  I was reading it while Hubby and Abby were swimming in the community pool and I couldn’t help laughing out loud!  I just love it when books make me laugh like crazy! 

Here’s the book’s description (as taken from the Borders website):

With the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism that have made her Shopaholic novels beloved international bestsellers, Sophie Kinsella delivers a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new character. Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:
 
Secrets from her mother: Sammy the goldfish in my parents’ kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.

From her colleagues: When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.) It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.

Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
My G-string is hurting me.Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.

But come Monday morning, Emma’s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn’t possibly get worse–Until they do.

I would highly recommend this book if you want to drown your worries.  We all need a good laugh. :) 

We live very near a golf course…so ridiculously near! :)  Neighbors loading their Titleist golf sets onto the trunks of their cars is quite a common sight.  Hubby has two sets of 2nd hand golf clubs, gifts from his former colleagues. I’ve been encouraging him to take up golf or even just an hour or two at the driving range for a start.  Wives of avid golfers are probably shaking their heads at me right now.  Hee hee. :)  I just believe that golf might really come in handy.  All of Hubby’s former bosses are golf fanatics and the present ones are just as crazy over the sport.  If Hubby dreams of becoming a boss one day, then he has to play the sport, too!  Am I right, or am I right?

Photo Credits:  The above photo was taken from the Avery Ranch website.

This is Santa Monica Beach.  We were there two weeks ago.  :)  Coming from Austin where we are surrounded by, well, grass, we welcomed the beautiful view of the beach with open arms.  Hee hee. Not too far from the shore, there’s a stretch of nice houses.  I bet thoses houses are worth gazillions of dollars, specially since it’s almost Malibu already.  I won’t mind having a vacation house by the beach.  I guess it’s the Cancerian in me.  It doesn’t have to be in Malibu.  I’ll gladly take one that’s on the Outer Banks.  Hush.  It’s free to dream!

Hulyo 2006 nang pinalad kaming makapunta ng Guimaras noong magbakasyon sa Iloilo ang aming pamilya.  Nakita namin ang kagandahan ng isla bago nito sinapit ang isang matinding ”oil spill” ilang linggo (o buwan?) matapos kaming bumisita.

It was in July 2006 when our family was blessed to have been given the chance for a short vacation in Ilolo and also visit the beautiful island of Guimaras.  Not too long after our visit to the island, an oil spill left its waters unsuitable for swimming.

Heto si Abby, nagaabang ng alon… (Here’s Abby, waiting for the waves…)

Ayan na!  Ay, natakot yata!…  :D  (Here it comes!  Oops, she got scared!)

Sinong may sabing kailangan ng mamahaling laruan  na pang-beach?  Bote lang mineral water, ok na! (Who said one needs expensive toys for the beach when an empty water bottle will do the trick?)

Tawa pa lang ni Abby, sulit na ang biyahe! ;)  (Abby had a lot of fun making the trip well worth it!)

Tayo na sa Ternate Cavite, ang isa ko pang lahok. (I have another entry HERE).